purpletugboat:

Kony 2012

Please take the time to watch this and let your heart be broken while at the same time be uplifted by hope and change

humantrafficwatch:

BWI, Dulles human trafficking transit points

(Source: wjla.com)

Human trafficking is growing almost as fast as drug trade, officials say

humantrafficwatch:

After months of being held captive as a housekeeper in the Mideast and then metro Detroit, Nade — her name has been changed to protect her identity — had become so ill she could barely move. She pleaded to go to the hospital, but her captors refused. On a July day in 2009, Nade did the unthinkable.

She went to the master bedroom, took her passport from a suitcase, grabbed the family’s cell phone, wrapped it in tissues and tucked it in her pocket.

She opened the door and ran.

(Tresa Baldas for Detroit Free Press)